Jérôme MASSIER (1820-1909) - VALLAURIS

Decor with a heron
Planter and saddle in polychrome slip with decoration in high relief on the saddle of a heron. Removable basin with three detached upper handles with thistle bodies (small chips and light repaints).
Signed and located on the reverse of the planter.
Planter - High. : 35cm; Saddle - High. : 92 cm
Bibliography: Jérôme Massier, A la grande manufacture - Faïences d'Art, commercial catalogue, Vallauris, c. 1890, model of the cache-pot referenced under n° 419 and model of the column referenced under n° 499 bis, the two elements reproduced pl. 14.

Pink flamingo decoration
Planter and saddle in polychrome slip with decoration in high relief on the saddle of a pink flamingo. Removable basin with three detached upper handles with thistle bodies (small chips and light repaints).
Signed and located on the reverse of the planter.
Planter - High. : 35cm; Saddle - High. : 92 cm
Bibliography: Jérôme Massier, At the big factory - Earthenware, commercial catalog, Vallauris, c. 1890, model of the cache-pot referenced under n° 419 and model of the column referenced under n° 499, the two elements reproduced pl. 14.